I’m grateful to Alan not only for making a fun movie, but also for letting me ham it up in a couple roles I truly enjoyed inhabiting. We agreed my persona should be the self-aggrandizing nostalgist who is oblivious to how his current role as an LMS manager (sadly, art imitating life on that point) undermines his credibility as an edupunk. I tried to channel the vibe of one of those self-absorbed 60’s radicals who talk as if their youthful rebellion was the pinnacle of social resistance, and that subsequent movements don’t measure up. Alan also invited me to indulge my love of doing horrible impersonations, this one of Jack Klugman in the legendary “punk” episode of Quincy, M.E.. (Though I was really doing Joe Flaherty’s take from Quincy: Cartoon Coroner).

And damn, doesn’t Jim look groovy and relaxed in his Italian digs? The Bava abides.